Desiré Donny artwork • painting • for sale Fishing boats at low tide
Desiré Donny
Brugge (België) 1798-1861 Brussel
1798-1861
Fishing boats at low tide
oil on panel 25.4 x 35.2 cm, signed l.r.
This painting is for sale.
price range: € 5,000 - € 10,000
Literature: Pim Jungerius en Hanneke van den Ancker, 'Het kustlandschap op schilderijen uit de 19de en vroeg 20ste eeuw', 'Duin' 4 (2015), afb. in kleur pag. 8.
Désiré Donny is a lesser known, but very gifted representative of Flemish Romanticism. He painted genre scenes, marines and beach scenes with fishermen with a strong Dutch slant. Around 1839 he also started painting moonlit harbours and cityscapes, including of his birthplace Bruges. Donny was a student at the Academy of Bruges but lived and worked in Brussels for most of his life. His work can be found in museums in Kortrijk and Ypres.
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